NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC72DCQ03
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
CASSUTT SPORT · N1115G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
NEWTON
Kind of flying
DA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
170° / 20 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000006769001
Total time
75 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
220
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
28K.ADDED FULL PWR JUST PRIOR TO HITTING DITCH.
Investigator remarks
REDUCED PWR TKOF,PREV YAW CTL PROB.WIND GUSTING
Cause factors
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 64/B/81 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2524.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2524.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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